Power Barge Orhan Bey Connected to Grid, Ready to Produce Electricity
The process of connecting the power-generating vessel Orhan Bey to the Lebanese grid has been completed and it is “fully ready” to start producing electricity after it docked opposite the Jiyeh power plant on August 12, the Turkish operator Karadeniz announced on Tuesday.
"This second vessel will generate more than 82 megawatts of electricity for the plant belonging to Électricité du Liban as part of the Power of Friendship project," Karadeniz said in a statement.
“More electric power will be provided on the national grid, which will reflect positively on power feed across Lebanon,” it added.
In this regard, the Turkish energy group noted that in the presence of EDL representatives and independent international experts, "successful trial runs of the vessel's generators and connection systems were conducted and its capacity to produce and deliver electricity with high efficiency has been confirmed.”
Fatmagul Sultan, the first power barge delivered by the Turkish group to Lebanon, had malfunctioned after it was supplied with "inconvenient" fuel. It resumed production on June 4 after the right fuel type was provided.
The two vessels will supply the national grid with 270 megawatts of electricity as the Lebanese state rehabilitates the production units of the debilitated power plants over the next three years.
over 10 years
Start to build one or two (at least) power stations which will be run on natural gas.
At the speed the Lebanese economy works they will both be ready at the same time, in about 20 years.
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flamecatcher: please don't flaunt your ignorance so loudly, even for you it is vulgar.
there is a plan to upgrade and build power plants, but during the works, the electricity output will be reduced because the plants will have to be shut down. the boats are here to avoid making an already dire situation even worse, and will stay until works are completed.
and yes, not just "some" but a LOT of people criticize hariri, for he sunk hundreds of billions of dollars without even leaving us with a decent electricity network nor any infrastructure to speak of. the only visible result was the gulf-owned downtown and hariri's swollen pockets.
(yes i said HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS because the 50Bn debt is just a residue. people forget there were also billions in tax/customs/ and other state income every year, during over a decade)
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be that as it may, the ships are a waste of money. they will be producing 270 megawatts of electricity as the article says which will coincidentally be the same amount of electricity the two plants will produce after they are rehabilitated. So, iow, there will be the same amount of power produced with the same number of power cuts after these ships leave service. So, nothing really gained for the price.
Additionally, EDL should be privatized. it is the epitome of the failure of the lebanese state as it loses almost a half billion dollars per month mainly to inefficient plants and theft (people not paying bills, stealing electricity and equipment). A private company would care about theft and would be more willing to do something about it and it would have flexibility in building new power plants that government can't do.
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For people talking about wasting money and whatnot.
Here's the situation.
The ships are just here as a temporary measure until the Zouk and Jiyeh plants are upgraded to use gas and until other powerp lants are built.
They are here for additional support until other plants are done.
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samiam, what would be more profitable for the state though? Privatization or it remaining a public asset?
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That's funny, I come from a shia populated town and everyone pays their electricity bill. The meter reader that comes is Christian, now go ask him whether your lying bs is true or not.
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@endless
EDL provides revenue for the state, about a third of it. That's cash which they use to pay salaries and other government obligations; however, it keeps increasing our national debt by $6Billion a year. No matter how much money they throw at EDL, you simply cannot get a halfway decent return on it, even if EDL becomes profitable. The profits would dwarf the losses it has been incurring.
So, if EDL were sold for say $1 (with a bunch of its debts), it would free money for other uses like salaries, more police, better roads etc and economically it would make the most sense.
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saying you are going to build a power plant is easy--getting it done instead of blaming his problems on others, is a different matter. The big money in the world is thrown at people who solve problems, not cry about them.
Simply put, if someone can't do their job, he/she should get out of the way to a qualified person who can get the job done.
Start to build one or two (at least) power stations which will be run on natural gas.
At the speed the Lebanese economy works they will both be ready at the same time, in about 20 years.